June

• Get Outdoors
• Let's Go Outside!
• Why Take Your Students Outside?
• Discover the Forest (also in Spanish)
• Activities: Junior Explorer
• Activity: Neighborhood Explorers
• Lesson Plans: Teaching With Historic Places
• Collections - Library of Congress
• Youth Health
• StopBullying.gov for Educators and Parents
  • Bullying of LGBT Youth (PDF)
• Stories - Library of Congress
• About Sexual Orientation (for Parents)
• Four Stages of Coming Out
• Transgender People (for Parents)
• Healthy LGB Students Project

• Oceans - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Ocean Explorer
• Discover Our Ocean
• The Bridge (Marine Education Resources)
• Activities: Oceans and Coasts - NOAA Education
• Activity: Ocean Challenge Puzzle
• Lesson Plan: Ocean Currents (Activity and Activity Key) PDF
• Lesson Plan: Ocean Temperatures (Activity and Activity Key) (PDF)
• Videos: Ocean Explorer

• Rivers and Streams - Environmental Protection Agency
• Find a National Water Trail
• Fun River Facts
• Wild and Scenic Rivers
• Games: River Games
• Game: Where Rivers Meet the Sea

• Heat Wave / Heat Index
  • Heat Index
  • Activity: Calculate Heat Index and Relative Humidity
• Sun Protection
  • How to Be Safe When You're in the Sun
  • Sun Proof
  • Sun Safety Resources (also available in Spanish)
  • Guide: Sun Safety at Schools: What You Can Do (PDF)
• Tips
  • Extreme Heat - Ready.gov
  • Extreme Heat: A Prevention Guide
  • Keeping Your Cool
  • Toolkit: Extreme Heat - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Find an Event Near You
• List of National Scenic and Historic Trails
• National Trails System Map

• Find a Location Near You
• Get Outdoors
• Let's Go Outside!
• Why Take Your Students Outside?
• Activities: Junior Explorer
• Activity: Neighborhood Explorers

• About the Flag
• Guidelines for Displaying the American Flag (PDF)
• The Flag - Symbols of the U.S. Government
• Symbols of a New Nation
• Today in History
• Lesson Plan: Flag Day

• Father's Day - Census.gov
• Fatherhood.gov
• History of Father's Day

• Juneteenth - Freedom Revisited
• What is Juneteenth?

• What is a Solstice?
• Lesson Plan: Summer Plans (PDF)

• Lightning Safety
• How Lightning is Created
• Thunderstorms and Lightning - Ready.gov
• What Causes Lightning and Thunder?
• Activity: Leon the Lightning Safety Lion (PDF)
• Activity: Owlie: Lightning Safety Facts (PDF)
• Checklist: Prepare for the Storm (PDF)
• Lesson Plans: Tools for Teachers
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